Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

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house of its "dignity"-a placement which is advantageous, or "perfect." Hod's
root, from which it cannot be separated, is the watery sphere of Chesed, also
called Gedulah or magnificence.
YESOD (Yeh-sohd)
Translation: FOUNDATION
Keyword: ASTRALLIGHT
Yetziratic Title: The PURE INTELLIGENCE
Physical Representation: The sphere of LUNA
Symbols: Perfume, Sandals
The ninth Sephirah, Yesod, whose name means "Foundation," is the third Sphere
on the Middle Pillar. It is the result of the union between Netzach and Hod. The
spiritual experience of Yesod is the vision of the machinery of the universe. What
this implies is that Yesodis the sphere of the astral Light, also known as the Akasha.
This is the etheric substance which underlies all dense matter. Itis the astral matrix
uponwhich the physical universe is built. Yesodis the receptacle of influences from
all of the preceding Sephiroth, which are then combined into a type of blueprint
made from the astral Light. This blueprint is the "Foundation" or Etheric Double
upon which the earthly plane is constructed. All events, whether natural or manmade,
occur in the aethers of Yesod before they occur in the physical world. The
ninth Sephirah is that last push which activates the final manifestation of Form. In
the same manner, all the Planets were born out of the mind of God, and all manmade
inventions first appeared as ideas in the Yesodicpart of the inventor's mind.
Yesod is the seat of intuition in humankind. In addition, most magical operations
take place in the sphere of Yesod, because the magician seeks to effect changes in
the physical world by manipulating the subtle currents of the astral.
Like Kether and Tiphareth, Yesod is androgynous, yet the energy here is
also sexual, because inYesodthe sexes are for the first time given the form that they
will take in the Earthly plane. At this level on the Tree, Yesod is like a pregnant
mother about to give birth. Sired by the whole of the Sephirotic influences above it,
the child born is the manifest universe itself.
According to the Sepher Yetzirah: "The Ninth Path is the Pure Intelligence,
so called because it purifies the Numerations, it proves and corrects the designing
of their representation, and disposes their unity with which they are combined
without diminution or division." The text states clearly that it is Yesod's duty to
purify and correct the emanations. Although the emanations which flow down the
Tree are intrinsically pure, they may need to be proven or corrected in order to fit
theminto a vehicle of dense matter. Yesodalso disposes (orders) the unity of these
emanations, so that only the most worthy manifested vehicles are designed for the
reception of the divine energy, which is brought into the physical universe without
becoming diminished inany way from its essential purity.